Carriage-prop stop or rest.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

. BAKERF W. J CARRIAGE PROP STOP OR REST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10 1906.

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WILLIAM J. BAKER, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

CARRIAGE-PROP STOP OR REST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed-Tilly 10,1906. Serial No. 326,434.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J BAKER, residing at Newport, in the county of Camp bell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car riage-Prop Stop or Best, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carriage-top stops in which means are provided for readily and quickly attaching the cushion to the stopcasing and in which means are also provided for holding the parts of the casing together and for holding the stop on the supportingbar with the base of the cushion member always in engagement with the top of the supporting-bar.

My invention also includes a cooperative arrangement of parts whereby the leather covering of the cushion is held always in position on the base member of the cushion by the metallic casing.

With other objects in view than have been specified my invention comprises certain novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail and then be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved stop. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the casing, the cushion being removed and the parts of the casing separated. Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal section of my in- Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. view of the base-block of the cushion. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cushion member complete and ready to be inserted into the casing. Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the cushion member. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic cross-section of the cushion member before the leather covering has been squeezed into the grooves. Fig. 10 is a similar view showinghow the leather covering is drawn tight over the packing when squeezed into the grooves.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals indicate like parts in all of the figures, the stop member comprises a metallic casing 1, consisting of a cylindrical body portion 1 provided with a longitudinal slot 1*, running from one end to the other thereof, and provided at the ends with a plurality of ears 1, having their Fig. 5 is a detail perspective inner faces 1 held at practically right angles to the body portion of the cylindrical member and their outer faces slanted to form, as it were, catches to receive the beaded portion 2 and 3 of the end caps 2 and 3, as shown, so that the end caps may be sli ped over the ends and automatically lock t emselves in place. One end cap 2 is provided with a central circular cap to pass over the threaded or circular end ofthe supportingiron, while the other cap 3 has a squared aperture to pass over the squared portion of the supporting-iron, and the end cap 3 has the portion that is cut away to form the squared aperture curled up to form, as it were, a spring member to engage the under side of the squared portion of the supporting-iron to always hold the cushion-base down tight against the upper face of the supporting-iron for a purpose readily understood.

The cushion 4 in my present invention comprises a wooden or other suitable base 4 of substantially rectangular form, which is provided with a pair of longitudinal grooves 4 on its side faces to receive the edges 1 of the casing or body portion 1 and also to receive the leather covering 4, which is tacked onto the wooden block 4 and is put in a press and pressed into the groove 4 prior to the insertion of the cushion into the casing of the stop.

4 represents a packing of leather or other suitable material on top of the block 4*, which is covered by the leather or other suitable covering, as shown.

In assembling my improved stop the leather packing is first placed on top of the block and then the covering is placed over the same and tacked onto the sides of the block, the ends of the covering being folded over and tacked onto the ends of the block. The whole block is then placed into the press and the leather forced into the grooves thereof, as diagrammatically indicated in Figs. 9 and 10 .of the drawings, thus tightly drawing the leather covering over the packing and forming an eflicient cushion. The cushion is then slipped into the slot or passage of the casing, the edges of which passage will fit into the grooves and hold the leather covering in place, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the draw- 1ngs.

By the use of my invention it will be seen It will be also seen my invention includes the novel means of holding the leather in the grooves by means of the casing after the parts are assembled, not only to lock the base of the cushion in place, but also to hold the leather in the groove and to prevent it from pulling out.

The object of tacking the covering to the base or block in assembling the parts is to hold it in such position while in the press that forces the leather into the grooves. After the parts have been assembled the tacking serves practically no essential function further than aiding in holding the covering in place.

When the cushion is not placed in the press to force the leather into the grooves, I may dispense with the use of the tacks entirely, since when the parts of my improved stop are assembled the casing edges will enter the grooves of the cushion-base sufliciently to hold the leather covering in place without the aid of other mediums. By connecting the end caps to the cylindrical portion of the casing, as shown and described, I am enabled to assemble the parts more rapidly and readily by simply slipping the end grooves over the ends of the cylindrical portion of the casing, when they will automatically interlock with the casing and cannot then come off, while the curled-up portion of the end cap having the squared aperture serves, as it were, as a spring-bearing, which keeps the rest or stop drawn downward with the base of the cushion onto the square iron, and thus keeps it in place and rigid.

From the foregoing description it is thought that the complete construction, op eration, and arrangement of parts and many advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described, comprising a cylindrical body having an elongated slot, end caps detachably secured over the ends of said cylindrical body and forming therewith a casing, a cushion held in said slot, one of said caps having a curled portion to form a spring, substantially as shown and described.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a cylindrical body having a longitudinal slot, end caps detaehably secured over the ends of said cylindrical body, a cushion held in said slot and comprising a base member having side grooves for cooperating with the slot edges of said cylindrical body, a packing held on said base, and a covering held over said base and said packing and in said base-grooves, substantially as shown and described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a cylindrical body having catch-ears at each end, closure-caps having beads for cooperating with said catch-ears, said cylindrical body having a longitudinal slot, a cushion comprising a base member held in said slot and a covering held over said base member and secured in place by said cylindrical body, substantially as shown and described.

4. A device of the class described, comprising in combination with a casing having a longitudinal slot, of a cushion consisting of a base having side grooves for receiving the slot edges of said casing, and a covering for said 'baseheld in said grooves by said slot edges of said casing, substantially as shown and described.

5. A device of the class described, comprising in combination with a cylindrical casing having a longitudinal slot, of a cushion consisting of a base having side grooves, a packing and a covering for said base, means for securing said covering to said base, said covering adapted to fit in said side grooves and be held therein by the slot edges of said casing entering the grooves substantially as shown and described.

6. A device of the class described, comprising in combination with the cylindrical casing having a longitudinal slot, of a cushion consisting of a base having side grooves, a packing and a covering for said base, means for securing said covering to the stop-base, said covering adapted to fit in said side grooves and be held therein by the slot edges of said casing entering the grooves, and said casing having means at one end for holding the cushion-base against the iron upon which the rest is adapted to be secured, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM J. BAKER.

Witnesses:

LOUIS REUsoHER,

JOHN MOSPENS. 

